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Filthy lucre: economics for people who hate capitalism
Par Joseph Heath. 2009
Heath wants to raise our economic literacy and empower us with new ideas. He draws on everyday examples to skewer…
the six favourite economic fallacies of the right, followed by impaling the six favourite fallacies of the left. Heath leaves no sacred cows untipped as he breaks down complex arguments and shows how the world really works. c2009.Boom, bust & echo 2000: profiting from the demographic shift in the new millennium
Par David K Foot. 1998
This revised version of "Boom, bust & echo" focuses on the demographic trends of the Canadian baby boomer generation. As…
a result, we learn some profound lessons about how social and educational programs should be developed and delivered. 1998.Fear, greed and the end of the rainbow: how to survive the coming stock market crash
Par Andrew Sarlos, Patricia Best. 1997
Andrew Sarlos sounds an alarm against the frenzied activity of the stock markets of the mid-1990s. Using statistical data on…
market trends and the evidence from previous market crashes, he argues that a market correction of immense proportions is due to occur. He also believes that this bear market will last into the next millennium. 1997.Everyday law: a survival guide for Canadians
Par Jack Batten, Marjorie Harris. 1987
Easy-to-follow handbook that outlines the common legal problems which every Canadian faces. Discusses such subjects as choosing a lawyer, preparing…
a will, getting married, going to court, and buying a house. c1987.Collu$ion: how central bankers rigged the world
Par Nomi Prins. 2018
Exposes the collusion between central banks as they control the global markets and dictate economic policy, casting an unflinching spotlight…
on the dark conspiracies and unsavory connections within the halls of power. 2018.Happy customers everywhere: how your business can profit from the insights of positive psychology (Your coach in a box)
Par Bernd Schmitt, Glenn Van Zutphen. 2012
Schmitt combines his extensive business knowledge with the latest discoveries in positive psychology to create three unique approaches sure to…
turn casual buyers into devoted fans. Using these methods, marketers, brand managers, and entrepreneurs alike can harness and sustain immense customer goodwill. 2012.From free trade to forced trade: Canada in the global economy
Par Peter Urmetzer. 2003
In 1988, the federal election effectively served as a plebiscite for a free trade agreement with the United States. Since…
then, free trade has become an increasingly divisive issue in Canada as well as around the world. The author attempts to show both sides of the issue, including that the evidence shows neither great advantages nor disadvantages to free trade. 2003.Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Par Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner. 2005
The author offers his view of how the economy really works; examining issues from cheating and crime, to sports and…
child-rearing. He offers a very different view on what drives the economy. 2005.Free to choose: a personal statement
Par Milton Friedman, Rose D Friedman. 1980
The Nobel laureate economist and his wife discuss the relationship of government and the economy. They describe how freedom has…
been eroded and prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. Bestseller. 1980.Fences and windows: dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
Par Naomi Klein, Debra Ann Levy. 2002
FairTax, the truth: answering the critics
Par Neal Boortz, John Linder, Rob Woodall. 2008
In 2005, radio show host Boortz and Georgia congressman Linder wrote "The FairTax Book", presenting a plan designed to eliminate…
federal taxes and the IRS and jump-start the U.S. economy. This follow-up offers new insights, and debunks the negative myths and misrepresentations of their idea. The plan enables Americans to keep all the money in their paychecks; eliminates the fraud, hassle, and waste of the current system; and revolutionizes the way America pays for itself. 2008.Eat the rich: A Treatise On Economics
Par P. J O'Rourke. 1998
In a treatise on economics by a conservative humourist, the author visits Wall Street to learn how the stock market…
works. He then ventures to different countries with diverse economic systems to see which succeed. Concludes with the observation that the free market equals economic truth and wealth. 1998.Economics explained: everything you need to know about how the economy works and where it's going
Par Robert L Heilbroner, Lester C Thurow. 1998
Economics in perspective: a critical history
Par John Kenneth Galbraith. 1987
Crunch: why do I feel so squeezed? (and other unsolved economic mysteries) (Your coach in a box)
Par Jared Bernstein. 2008
Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I…
hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a "living wage"? Why do I feel so squeezed? 2008.Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant (Your coach in a box)
Par W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne. 2006
In a book that challenges the typical entrepreneurial strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne assert that tomorrow's leading companies…
will succeed, not by battling their rivals for market share in the bloody "red ocean" of a shrinking profit pool, but by creating "blue oceans": untapped new market spaces ripe for growth. 2006.Boom, bust & echo: how to profit from the coming demographic shift
Par David K Foot, Daniel Stoffman. 1996
Foot uses demography as a tool to understand the past and foretell the future. He explains how demographics play a…
critical role in Canada's economy and social life, and how they affect every one of us as individuals. He argues that by understanding demographic realities, we will be better prepared to cope with them and to turn them to our advantage. 1996.Closed chambers: the first eyewitness account of the epic struggles inside the Supreme Court
Par Edward Lazarus. 1998
The author, a Supreme Court law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun in 1988-89, recounts the methods and procedures the justices…
use in arriving at a decision. Now a federal prosecutor, Lazarus contends that politics has taken the place of debate and compromise. He analyzes court cases to illustrate his concerns. 1998.Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life
Par Jane Jacobs. 1984
All you can eat: greed, lust, and the new capitalism
Par Linda McQuaig. 2001
Explains the mired history of social and economic thinking that has culminated in the new capitalism. McQuaig argues that instead…
of shaping our society to fit the economy, we must shape the economy to fit the society we want. 2001.